Buffing or polishing wheel



June 11, 1935. A. s. YOHE BUFFING OR POLISHING WHEEL Filed Feb. 1, i934 INVENTQR ATTORNEY Patented June 11, 1935 r I I ammo-on rousnmc WHEEL Albert s. Yolie, Jersey City, N. J., assignor to The Bias Bufl & Wheel Company, Inc'., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application February 1, 1934, Serial No. 709,342 4 Claims. (01. 51-193 This invention relates to bufling or polishing unit or section and is or may be secured by 8. wheels, and more particularly to that type therecord 8an operation which can be conveniently ofdescribed and claimed in Letters Patent No. performed y means of t apparatus described 1,298,522, dated March 25, 1919 (reissued Novemand claimed in Letters Patent No. 1,296,409, dated her 15, 1921, No. 15,226) and No. 1,404,620, dated March 4, 1919. For greater security, however, a 5 January 24, 1922-111 which an annular wh l, steel ring is preferably substituted for the tieor wheel unit or section, having a plurality of co d 8, as s Commonly been the preetiee in the superimposed layers or plies is'made up from a. commercial manufacture of wheels of this typ strip of cotton or other textile material, preferthe ring (not shown) being i se ted in place t 10 ably out on th bia d bl d up width i and the rolled strip has 'been doubled and gathered .10 gathered on its folded median line around and by temporarily bringing the filmed Plies 011 to form a central opening. side out to cylindrical form andslipping the ring I have discovered that I can greatly improve thereon. The unit or section thus formed and these wheels, in which the puckers formed in the With its i pl i then mpl i h r y 5 plies around the central opening by the gathera hub 9, preferably of cardboard, around which ing of the folded inner edge of the doubled strip the folded median line of the strip y e extend only a. short distance out therefrom and ered and Which is secured in Place between tWO leave the outer portions of the plies fiat, by furfabric disks 10 (one only shown) by circular rows ther gathering the strip-for example, by ath of stiches H and I2, or, if a hubless wheel with ing it along its median line with a row of stitches Open center is desired, merely by the Single 20 before it is folded, so that therewill'be formed color row of Stitches For the u its p in the plies radial pleats which extend outward-. Vided With hubs are mounted, separately in ly to and are present in their peripheries, the mul p on a le betw e wo c pressio pleats thus for d serving t, only t give t disks, and the hubless units are similarly mount- 5 the plies a ruflled eifect which increases the peed between the disks of Special hub'providihg ripheral or working face of a t having given means for holding the units accurately centered number of plies but also to provide pockets therethereonin to receive and hold a bufling composition. The filming of h Plies not only increases the The invention will be understood by reference Working peripheral face o the Wheel and P i s to the accompanying drawing, illustrating one pockets therein to receive and hold,a huffing 80 practical embodim nt thereof, in position, as hereinabove stated, but also possesses Figure 1 is a, plan vie of br k length of other advantages. Wheels of small diameters, the strip of fabric from whi h t wheel t, made from a soft cloth, are ideal for the coloring or section is formed, showing it as gathered along or fi polishing operation of all a s of w k.

5 its median line; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of while those of the larger diameters, made of a the gathered strip wound upon itself to provide hard 010th, W01"k Well 0 automatic bliffing the plurality of superimposed layers or plies and chines Where the burning of the buffs is e y, partially contracted and doubled and somewhat since the Openness (if its Working face allows a further gathered on its median line; Fi 3 i greater circulation of air which by the ventilao face or side view, partially broken away, of the n P v d rves to prevent or reduce the completed wheel unit or section equipped with likelihood of burning. Moreover, the section and a hub; and Fig. 4 is a peripheral fa i density of the wheel required for meeting various of the wheel unit or section, shop practices correctly can be accurately regu- Referring to the drawing, the strip of material l d merely y v n th de r a d/ r char- 5, which may be of any suitable material but is a r of h i l a h ring of the strip to-there- 45 preferably of cotton cloth or other textile fab-' by vary as desired the extent and Width of the ric cut on the bias, is evenly gathered along its pleats formed in the fi d l lies. median line 6 by a row of stitches made thereat It will, of cour be un r od that the inon any suitable machine. The strip so gathered vention can be variously modified in its several is wound upon itself a sufilcient number of times, details, within the scope of the appended claims, 50 as heretofore, to provide the required number of without departing from the spirit or sacrificing superimposed plies in the finished wheel unit the substantial advantages thereof. or section, and then the rolled strip is contract- What I claim as new, and desire to secure by ed and further gathered and folded on its median Letters Patent, is-- 5 line around a central opening to form the wheel 1. The process of making an annular bufling or UNlTED STATES PAITENTVOFFICEL gathering a strip of suitable material along its median line, then rolling the gathered strip upon itself to provide the number of plies required in the unit, and afterwards folding the gathered and wound strip and further gathering it on its median line around and to form a central opening.

3. The process of making an annular bufiing or polishing wheel unit having a plurality of superimposed rufiied plies of textile material with radial pleats therein extending from a central opening to and presentin the periphery, which comprises suitably gathering a strip of the material along its median line, then rolling the gathered strip upon itself to provide the required number of plies, and afterwards doubling up widthwise and further gathering the gathered and wound strip on its median line around and to form a central opening.

4. An annular bufiing or polishing wheel unit having a plurality of rufiled plies of textile material with radial pleats extending from a central opening outwardly to and present in their peripheries, said plies consisting of a strip of material first gathered with a row of stitches along its median line and then doubled widthwise thereon and further gathered in superimposed windings presenting the gathered and folded edge to and around the central opening.

ALBERT S. YOHE. 

